Ill Fate of a Young Woman in Mountain Expedition
A party traveled from Santa Barbara toward a mountain summit when Miss Katherine Grathwol died exhausted. Predench Lueders, an artist, went missing with companions Nellie Stone Fred Gilbert and Grave Porter. Lueders was later found raving at a grade and could not recount details. Searchers have yet to locate the rest of the excursionists. Miss Grathwol, 24, was staying in Santa Barbara for her health.
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Katherine Grathwol
Se Tal
Predench Lueders
San Barbara
Cal
Leeders
Leuders
Miss Grathwel
Santi Barbary
Farmers Report Varied Corn Yields Across Kansas Counties
Early estimates show corn crops in several Kansas counties faring better than expected this season. Farmers report yields ranging from fifty to sixty bushels per acre with some districts noting improved conditions after pests were controlled and weather cooperated.
Big League Pennant Race Shapes Up On Diamond
Fragmented stories recount baseball clubs contending for the pennant amid trades and injuries. Notes of league tensions, player movements, and possible outcomes frame a busy season push.
Tornado Ravages Farms Near Norfolk Nebraska
A destructive tornado south of Norfolk Nebraska wrecked farm buildings and homes. Kriger's house collapsed and a barn was wrecked, with cattle and horses displaced. Flooding and bridge damage affected nearby towns as rivers surged and parts of Abilene area reported deep water and ruined cellars.
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Norfolk
Kriger
Albert
Newman
Bern
Gwe
Rataas
James Street
Bett Pane
Armonardale
Abilene
4Th
Mth
Aod
The Crop Destroyer’s Tale
A poem-like piece narrates a pest called the Chintz Bug and the Hot Dry Wind wrecking wheat crops. It bluntly links rumors and fear to market drops, depicting a farmer misled by prophecy and stock speculation. The moral warns against betting on doom against nature.
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Ford
Anon
Jess Sue
Northwestern Miller
Chase by wild dogs ends with girl taking safety in corral
Miss Vertie Sullivan, daughter of a Montana sheepman, was chased for miles by about 301 coyotes near the Canadian border. She escaped by reaching an old sheep corral, closing the gate as the pack attacked the stockade. Her father and brother found her next morning. The report also notes other local incidents and a telephony sale in Texas.
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Vertie Sullivan
Tlavre
Mont
Miss Sullivan
Montana
Miss Sullvan
Miss Rulvan
Root to resign as War Secretary to join Alaska commission
Elihu Root plans to resign as Secretary of War before sailing to London to join the Alaska commission. He has been in the cabinet since August 1, 1899, succeeding Gen. Alger, and is regarded as a leading lawyer. Taft is expected to replace him, with Gen Luke Wright likely to lead the Philippine commission thereafter.
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Elihu Root
London
Alaskan Commission
McKinley
Gen. Alger
Root
New York
Alger
Washington
Gov Taft
Philippine Commission
Luke Wright
Commission
F. Samuel Pierpont Langles
Bmithsoning
Dion
Alexander Gr. Bell
Prof
Bes J
Cambridge
Oxford
George H. Burton
United States Army
Breckinridge
Governors Island
Burton Ig
Delaware
Wee
G.M. Burton
West Point
Modoc
New Perce
Bannock
Clergymen Seek Union to Curb Divorce Across Nation
A leading clergy coalition proposes a cross denomination union to refuse divorces. The plan cites 600000 divorces in twenty years and 1500000 affected children, urging social ostracism to deter splits while contrasting European rates. Florence Westfall a 14 year old killed herself in Primburg Kansas after a reprimand. W A Ashton, an American journalist, jailed in London for forging checks now faces seven years in penal servitude.
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United States
Rey Wicham O Brien Pardow
New York
St Brandy Navier College
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Roman Catholic Episcopalan
Presbyterian Methodist
Father Pardon
Congress
United States Commissioner of Labor
Europe
W. E. Ashton
London
England
Laird, Schules & Co
Massacre by Turks prompts Balkan revolt briefing
Bulgarian authorities submit to powers a detailed memorandum accusing Turkish forces in Macedonia of massacres murders torture arson and broad arrests. The note cites consular reports and warns Britain of Turkish aggression while Austria France and Italy seek cautious diplomacy amid rising tensions.
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Britain
Porte
Macedonia
Poveruyient
Jeffries Victor in San Francisco Battle with Corbett
In a crowded San Francisco arena Jeffries defeated Corbett in ten rounds. The fight drew a record crowd and grossed $62.34 with prize money split three quarters to Jeffries and one quarter to Corbett.
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Koocka Mut Corbett
San Francisco
Haves
James JT Cote
Brody
Tans
Boatasaiai
Roel
Faor
Wes
Railroads seek longer safety, financial and expansion moves
The Kansas Central Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad gains a charter in Guire Oklahoma. St Louis city uses power brakes on electric cars. Santa Fe Railroad ships California fruit by fruit cars. U S freight growth in 1893 rose 15 percent. Interstate Commerce Commission grants temporary extension for safety equipment. Milwaukee road cuts rates to New York. other lines follow. Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac to spend 4 million on double tracking and ballast. Harriman positions California Northwestern to join coast system with northern terminus at Astoria. Michigan Central renews Canada Southern lease for 999 years. Pere Marquette loan refinancing to lower interest approved.
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Kansas Central, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company
Guirie
Okla
St Louis
California
Santa Fe
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee Road
Soo
St Paul
Minneapolis
New York
Milwaukee
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Svotomac
E. H Harriman
California Northwestern Railway
Coast System
Astoria
Michigan Central
Canada Southern
Lake Erie and
Detroit River
Pere Marquette
Misplaced comma alters Nebraska death sentence
Article notes William Rhea’s Omaha execution stemmed from a punctuation error in a 1893 Nebraska statute. A misplaced comma in the law changed whether a verdict could impose capital punishment or life imprisonment, linking the outcome to the drafting of Ohio and Nebraska texts.
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William Rhea
Omaha
Nebraska
Ohio
Law punctuation reshapes murder robbery case record
The text notes a punctuation change after a rereprint that altered obligations for proving intent in murder linked to robbery. It cites a Khea case appeal where the Supreme Court fixed the engrossed copy as official and denied a new trial. It mentions a stern citation of Henry Zahn and a held inquiry at a judge's home with two companions.
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Khea
Supreme Court
Het
Kikied
Henry Zahn
Soider Nelown
Feudists Jett and White Found Guilty in Jackson Killing
A Jackson Kentucky jury returns a guilty verdict in the James B. Maren murder case against Carts Jett and Thomas White. Evidence references Brenthore county feuds and a history of lawbreaking linked to the defendants, with the judge set to pronounce the penalty for the first time in years.
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Carts Jett
Thomas White
James B. Maren
Jackson
Cily
Warn County
Woabster Jet
Jan
Brenthore
Jett
Marshal Cocker
Austen
Panama Route in Peril as Colombia Alters Canal Plan
Amendments adopted by the Colombian congressional committee threaten the Panama canal treaty by demanding a large bonus for the transit strip and prohibiting U S control of the area. Officials in Washington and the Colombian charge d affaires say the exact provisions are unclear, but any one could kill the treaty.
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Panama Canal
Colombia
Roosevelt
Nicaragua
Panama
Congressional
United States Senate
Department of State
Senor Herran
Washington
United States
Rural Free Delivery Expands With 3000 New Routes
Postmaster General Payne released a statement on rural delivery progress. In July the first month of the fiscal year, about 3000 new routes were established. The annual appropriation of 12 million dollars nearly covers existing service, only enough to justify about 6700 en route. There are 11 thousand petitions for additional routes.
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Payne
Binder twine factory planned at Missouri penitentiary
Notes of Current Events report a binder twine factory to be erected at the Missouri penitentiary as soon as work can be done. A 14 year old, Martin Deeginger, drowned in the Kaw river at Topeka while swimming. Conductor Bert Clay was killed at Oklahoma City while train crew switched cars. An effort is to be made to secure passage of a bill providing for examination and licensing of music teachers in Iowa.
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Missouri Penitentiary
Martin Deeginger
Kaw
Topeka
Bert Clay
Oklahoma City
O. T
Iowa
Notable 19th Century Figures and a Railroad Accident
A fragmented column honors Samuel P. Langley and other scientists, engineers and officials, citing Langley's aerodynamics work, J. P. Bradfield's rise to New York Central leadership, and Rear Admiral Tolmann’s navy appointment. It notes Alexander Ramsey Warren as a long-time printer and Gen. Burton's inspector general role, plus a Santa Fe freight-train crash near Ardmore, Oklahoma, injuring several and prompting crew changes for the Minneapolis.
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